ACCUPUNCTURE NEEDLE GUIDE AND RESTRAINTAbstract of DisclosureA locating device for transmitting a mild electrical direct currentor pulsating direct current through the body of a patient to locatethrough increased resistance, as indicated on the meter, areas inthe body that may benefit from the application of an acupunctureneedle. The locating device has an elongated handle with the necess-ary electrical connection. At one end portion of the handle a trans-versely formed hole receives an elongated, tubular, electricallyconductive needle support and guide. Acupuncture needles are verythin and flexible, and require support to obtain best usage thereof.A restraint, formed of a resiliently yieldable strip of metal or wireextends across one end of the tubular guide and is disposed thereonto frictionally engage a needle to resist travel of the needle down-wardly through the tubular guide. Acupuncture needles are formedwith a head substantially thicker than the needle itself, and the afore-said restraint is sufficiently yieldable to afford passage of the headpast the wire and downwardly into the tube where desired. A springis provided to yieldably retain the tubular guide in a predeterminedposition relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle, and furthermeans is provided to apply a more positive resistance to dislodgementof the tubular guide from a predetermined position.
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